Saturday, April 20, 2024

President Trump’s dramatic retreat on trade

If we had full transparency into the operations of the Trump family business, we would know if happy business leaders are improving the Trump Organization’s bottom line.

Can a Formula 1 star send a message to the Saudi government?

A lot of people say that sports aren’t a place for “politics.” But what they usually mean is that they want to maintain their willful ignorance.

Syrian Refugees in Canada Donating to Help Climate Refugees (Video)

Annalise Klingbeil of the Calgary Herald wrote that the drive was begun with an Arabic posting on a private Facebook group for Syrian refugees in Alberta province by recent arrival Rita Khanchet.

Why I Faced Arrest, Even as I Battle Cancer, to Fight TPP

"If ratified, the TPP would lock in monopolies for certain new medicines, biological medicines that help people like me stay alive."
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“River of Fire”: In new memoir, Sister Helen Prejean reflects on decades of fighting...

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to resume the death penalty after a more than 15-year moratorium. This week Attorney...

Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him....

A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.

These kids used their spring break to protest Trump

Last week, hundreds of young people from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to stand up for their families and demonstrate against Trump’s immigrant policies.

‘Black Women’s Lives Matter’: Breonna Taylor’s family demands a special prosecutor to reopen case

Breonna Taylor’s family is calling on Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to appoint a new special prosecutor to reopen the case after they...

How Far Will Americans Take Anti-Muslim Hate?

At a time when the Alt-Right is boasting of being a Trump constituency, it should be remembered that the white far right kills far more Americans in terrorist attacks, but no one discriminates against white people on that basis.

13 Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers Arrested for Drug Trafficking

The FBI recently discovered sheriff’s deputies, correctional officers, a police officer, a 911 operator and a civilian had participated in trafficking of multiple kilograms of cocaine and heroin between 2013 and 2015. They were charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances.